Camera



F. MLADINECH.

Feb. 27, 1923.

CAMERA. FILED APR. s. 1920( 2 SHEETS SHEET l.

F. MLADINICH.

Feb. 27, 1923.

CAMERA.

FILED APR. 19. 1920.

2 SHEETS-SHEET 2.

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jave/lim* Putented Feb. 27 1923.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

FRANK MLADINICH, OF NEW YORK, N. YI ASSIGNOR TO -H. & N. CAEBUBETOR CO., INC.,

A CORPOR'ATION OF NEW YORK.

CAMERA.

Application filed April 19, 1920. Serial No. 374365.

T 0 allw zom it may emmm-n:

le it known that I. FRANK Mnux'cu, a citizen of Serbia, and a resident of the borough ot' the Bronx, county of the Bronx, city and State of New York, haveinvented a certain new and useful Camera of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to cameras tor tak iur photographs on :n elongated film tor the making ot pictures for exhibition in a movin picture p'ojecting machine, and the invention is more particularly directed to a camera tor use in making pictures for the so-called home projectors, wherein a film much narrower than the standard movinp picture filu is employed and on which the individual pictures are very much smaller than those on the standard films. I desire, however, to have it understood that the invention may be carried out not only in cameras. but also in projecting machines, not only of the home or parlor size, but likewise in cameras and projectors of standard, or any other rize.

One of the objects of the invention is to provide a camera suitable to be carried by tourists or the like in place of any ordinary camera or kodak, the apparatus being of a small and conipact nature suitable to be so carried and adapted to be manipulated at any time for the purpose of photographing animated pictures as occasion may warrant.

A further object of the invention is to simplify the Construction Whereby a m uch' cheaper and simpler apparatus may beconstructed wherein the diaphragm or stop is eliminated and the Shutter is constructed and arranzed to act both as a shutter and diaphragm. i

A further object of the invention is to provide means observable by the operator to indicate whether there is any film on the supply reel, and to provide means to indicate when the supply reel is empty.

A further object of the invention is the production of a device, of the character herein described which is extremely simple in Construction, neat and attractive in appearance, thoroughly reliable and eflic-ient in its purpose, and economical to manufacture.

VWith `these and other objects in view to be more tully set forth hereinafter, the invention consists in the novel Construction, mmhiuation ot elements, and arrangement of parts which will be exemplified in the construction hereinafter described in the specification andxillustrated in the accompanying drawings considered together or separately;

The inventive idea involved is capable of recciving a variety of mechanical expressions one of which or the purpose of illustrating the invention. is shown in the accompanyinr drawings.

The 'vention will be first described in connection with the accompanying drawiurs wherein similar reference characters are used to desirnate corresponding parts throughout the several views, and then more specifically defined and indicated in the appended claims.

ln the drawings,-

Fig. 1 is a side' elevation, partly in section, of a camera with the door in open position;

Fig. 2 is a fragmentary front elevation'ot a portion of the door;

Fig. 3 is an elevation of a section of film as used in the preferred embodiment of the invention;

Fig. t is a. section on the line 4--4 of Fig. l;

Fig. 5 is an enlarged 'front elevation of shutter Operating mechanism;

Figs. 6 and 7 are diagrammatic views illustrating the operation of the Shutter.

In carrying out the invention, l employ a casing 1 having: a door 2, film supply and take up' magazines 3 and 4, and a gate 5, all of any preferred Construction. A driving shaft 6 is provided which may be rotated by a crank (not shown). Said crank is renovable from the shaft as is common.

Carried on the shaft 6 is a sprocket wheel 7 the teeth of which engage the-usualopenings 8 in the film 9. The usual presser rolls 10 are employed to retain the film in engagement with the sprocket.

The shaft or spindle of the take up magazine is driven from the shaft 6 by a belt through the usual 'slipping connection, which is well known in the art and is not illustrated in detail. The sprocket is continuously rotated and the film is formed into the usual loops whereby it, the film, may be intermittently fed across the field of the objective 11 as is common.

A housing 12 is provided between the gate and the objective. and the Shutter Operating slide and adjusting mechanisms are located within the housing. The rear of the housing 1s cut away to enable the film to be exposed to the light transmitted by the objective.

Carried within the housing is a rectangular tube 13. `This tube is between the gate and the objective and is separated from the former by a space suflicient for the passage of the film.

Mounted' within the housing is a shaft 14, one end of which carries a disc 15. The shaft 14 is geared to the shaft 6 by means of a train of gears 16, 17, 18 and 19, and on the shaft of the gear 18 is a fiywheel 20.

The gear train, and the belt for the take up magazine are in a compartment separated from the rest ofthe mechanism by :i partition 21.

Carried on the rear wall 22 of the housing, and to one side of thetube 13, is a 23 adapted to be moved vertically. The slide is Secured to the wall 22 by means of studs 24 which pass through Slots 25 in the slide. Carried by the slide and extending parallel thereto is a light leaf spring 26 provided with teeth or claws 27 adapted to engage the openings 8 in the film 9. The claws 27 are bevelled on their upper faces whereby when the slide is moved upward the spring 26 will be fiexed away from the film by the engagement of the bevelled faces With the upper edges of 'the feed openings and the slide, and with it the spring will move upward and the teeth will engage new openings above those from which they have been disengaged.

The slide`23 is connected by a pitman 28 with a pin 29 which extends throughand out on both sides of the disk 15 near the perimeter thereof. As the disk -revolves the pin is thus given an orbital movement around the axis'of shaft 14. The pitman is connected with that portion of the pin which projects beyond the end of shaft 14 and as the shaft rotates gives areciprocatory movement to the slide to feed the film downward across the field of the objective.

Mounted on shafts 30 and 31 carried on the tube 13 is a pair of shutter members 32, 33 each capable of closing one-half4o-f the bore of the tube as shown. The shafts 30 and 31 are geared together by means of toothed sectors 34 one of which carries one end of a link 35. The opposite end of the lnk 35 is pivoted to a bolt 36 having one end supported' by means of a leaf spring 37 securedto the front -wall of the camera -casing. A spring 38 'is attached to the bolt 36 and to the housing 12. The free end of the bolt 36 projects' into the path of the-***free end of the wrist -p-in 29 on the side of the disc 15 opposite the pitman 28 and the tend ency of the leaf spring? is to withdraw thebolt from the path of the pin.- i i Mounted in the front wall of the casng is a stud shaft 39. The inner end of this shaft carrics a cam 40 against which the spring 37 holds the end of the bolt 36. On the outside of the wall, the shaft 39 is provided with a handle by means of which the shaft, and with it the can', may be rotated.

Projecting through the door 2 and so positioned therein that it will be in alignment with the edge of the film where the latter leaves the supply magazine 3, is a tube 41 having a partition 42 thei-ein. A stem 43 projects 'through the partition and carries at its outer end abutton 44, and at its inner end an open ended cylnder 45. The cylinder is adapted to slide over 'the inner end ot' the tube and a light spring 46 disposed between the partition and the bottom of the cylinder, tends to normally move the cylinder away from the tube. The outer surface of the button 44 is brightly colored in contrast with the outer surface of the casing, and when the spring 46 is 'compressed the said surface of the button will be at or near the surface of the casing and its color 4 will make it conspicuous. `When the spring is extended the button will be moved inward and practically out ofsight.

The operation is as follows:--

The sensitized film is placed within the supply magazine 3 and the latter iS positoned in the camera. The end `of the film is withdrawn from the magazine, passed over the sprocket, formed into an upper loop, carried downward across the field of the objective, forned'into alowcr loop, and Secured to the spindleof the take up magazine.

The door is now closed and the bottom of the cylinder 45 coming in contact with edge of the film in proximity to the supply ma gazine, the spring 46 will be compressed and the button 44 will be flush with the outer surface of the door and plainly Visible. The camera is now ready for opera' V tion. A

As the crank is turned the film is fed from one magazine to the other. The slide 23 will be reciprocated and the teethof the spring 26 engaging the holes in the film will feed the latter intermittently across the field of the lens by the connection of the pitman 28 with the wrist pin on the dsc 15.

As the disk rotates the opposite end 'of the pin 29 will as it passes through the forward part of its orbit, engage the bolt '36 and rase the free end thereof. This will, through the link 35, and thus operate the shutters 32 and 33.

Should the light be poor the cam 40 will be rotated to the position shown in Fig. 1 with the high part hearing against the bolt. i The free end of the bolt will project well into the orbit of the pin 29, which will, in the rotation of the di'sc, have considerable travel before it passes fro'n beneath the oscillate the sectors 34 pin, and the shutters will be opened to the.

tull extent as shown in Fig. 6.

If the light should be extra bright the cam 5 .0 will be rotated to bring its low position in contact with the bolt and the spring 37 will move the bolt from the position a in Fig. 6 to the position I) in Fig. 7. The travel ot the pin 29, in contact with the bolt will be much shorter than before and the end of the bolt will not be raised to the same extent. The Shutter will now be partly opened shown in Fig. 7.

l`he operator by watching the button 44 will know that the film is being properly ted. hen the button (lisappears he will know that the film has runout of the supply magazine or has been broken. This is important as the cameraman will not continue Operating only to find, when the film is developed, that a part of his scene has not been taken and the work ot actors and cameramanmust be done over.

By utilizing the Shutter as the stop, the

Shutter opening is always proportioned to\ the light without additional adjnstment;

In accordance with the provisions ot' the patent statute, I have described the principle of my invention together with the apparatus which I now consider to represe'nt the best embodiment thereof. but I desire it understood that my invention is not confined to the particular form of apparatus herein shown and described, the same being merely illnstrative, and that the invention can'be carried out in other ways without departing from the spirit of my invention, and, theretore, I claim broadly the right to employ all equivalent instrnmentalities coming within the scope of the appended claims, and by means of which objects of my invention are attained, and the new results accomplished, as herein set forth. as it is obvious that the'particular embodiment herein shown and described is' only one of many 2. A camera having means for intermittently feeding a film, an orbital revolving element for imparting movement to the teeding means, an oscillating Shutter, means for Operating the shut-ter from the orbital revolving element and means for adjusting the movement of the Shutter. v

3. A camera having means for intermittently feeding a film, an -orbital revolving element for imparting movement to the feeding means, a pair or oscillating shutters. and means for operating the shutters from the orbital revolving element.

4. A camera having means for intermittently feeding a film, an orbital revolving element for imparting movement to the feeding means, a pair ot oscillating shutters neans tor Operating the shntters froni the orbital revolving element, and means for adjusting the movement of the shutters.

A camera comprising a light ti-ght casing, means for carrying a film within the casing, a rotary element, connections between the, element and the film for intermittently teeding the latter, there being an opening to admit light to the film, Shutter members pivoted on opposite sides of the opening, said members being geared together, and connections between the element and a Shutter member for oscillating the members. u

G. A camera comprising a light tight casing, means ;tor carrying a film within the casing, a rotary element, a pitman between the element and the film for intermittently feeding the latter, there being an opening to admit light to the film, Shutter members pivoted on opposite sides of the opening, said members being geared together, and a pitman between the element and a Shutter member for oscillating the members.

7. A camera comprising a light tight casing, means for carrying a film within the casing, a rotary element, connections between the element and the film for intermittently feeding the latter, there being' an opening to admit light to the film, Shutter members pivoted on opposite sides of the opening, said members being geared together, and connections between the element and a shutter member. for oscillating the members, and means for adjusting the os-' cillatory movement of the members;

8. A camera comprising a light tigh; casing, means for carrying a film within the casing, a rotary element, conneetions between the element and the film for intermittently feeding the latter, there being an opening to admit light to the film, Shutter members pivoted on opposite sides of the opening said members being geared together, and connectionsbetween the element and a shutter memberfor oscillating the members, and means outside of the casing for adjusting the oscillatory movement of the members.

9. A camera comprising a light tight casing, means 'for carrying a film within the casing, a rotary element, connections between the element and the film for intermittently feeding the latter, there being an opening to admit light to the film, Shutter members pivoted on opposite sides of the opening` said members being geared together. and connections between the elementand a shutter member for oscillating the members, and

a cam for adjusting: the oseillatory movement of the members.

10. A 'camera co'p'ising a casing, an ob jeetive, means tor carrying a film within the casing, there being feed openings in the film, a reciprocato'y device adaptecl to engzge the openings and intermittently feed the fihn across the field of the Objeetive, :1 rotary shutt. :i (lise on the shaft, a pin Cai'- ried by the (lisa. :i connection between the (li e :nd film feedin: device, an element adaptedto be eng'zged by the pin, an oscillatory Shutter, a connection between the element and the Shutter whe'eby movement imparted to the element by the engagement ot the pin Will oseilhte the Shutter.

11. A camera con'prisim u casing, an ob-` jective, means toi' carrying :1 film within the easing` there being feed openings in the fihn a reciprocato' device :ulapted to en-` the openings and nte-mittently feed the film across the field ot' the objetive. a 'ota'y shaft, a (lise on the shutt, :L pin car- I'ied by the disc, :1 connection between the (lisc and film ;feeding (levice, an element adapted to be engaged by the pin, an oscillato'y Shutter, a, connection between the element and the Shutter Whereby movement imparted to the element by the engagement 01: the pin will osc illate the Shutter, and means foi- :djnsting the element relztively to the pm.

12. A camera eomprising a casing, an'0b-' jective, means for carrying a, film within the easng, there being feed opemngs in the film,

'a 'eciprocatory device adapted to engage the FRANK MLADINICH. 

